Add to ORKGImportantly, though this Note employs Henrietta Lacks as the illustrative, paradigmatic case for the theory of accession it proposes, accession can be, and should be, broadly construed to apply to all like-situated patients. Part I of this Note briefly explains the timeless human-body-as-property debate. Next, Part II addresses the concept of accession—its theoretical underpinnings, definitions, and amenability to this and other lawsuits. Part III applies accession to HeLa and develops a methodology for calculating damages in this unique setting. This Note does not pretend to present a perfectly wrought formula. Instead, it offers several possibilities for determining compensation. Finally, Part IV concludes this Note by addressing lingerin...
As research using human biological materials has rapidly developed, so too has the debate over the o...
Most opponents of somatic cell nuclear transfer and embryonic stem cell technologies base their argu...
Mary Doe is a human embryo preserved in liquid nitrogen, in an unnamed in vitro fertilization clinic...
Importantly, though this Note employs Henrietta Lacks as the illustrative, paradigmatic case for the...
Henrietta Lacks achieved fame and immortality in the world of science. In 1951, Johns Hopkins Hospit...
In 1951, a scientist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, created the first immortal hu...
As the body becomes the stuff of which products are made, the issue of its ownership becomes paramou...
Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951 at 31, but a cell line from her tissues is still ali...
After the Supreme Court\u27s decision in Ass\u27n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetic\u27s, pr...
One of the most famous examples of cell lines surviving long after a person has died comes from a tu...
In Moore v. Regents of the University of California, the Supreme Court of California held that the h...
Recent developments in fetal tissue research and stem cell research have led to dramatic breakthroug...
42-51Humans in the era of 21st century have witnessed development at its epitome, coupled with obvio...
Skloot tells the moving story of the woman who was the source of the fi rst immortal cell line (HeLa...
This article addresses a number of difficult and controversial issues surrounding the development of...
As research using human biological materials has rapidly developed, so too has the debate over the o...
Most opponents of somatic cell nuclear transfer and embryonic stem cell technologies base their argu...
Mary Doe is a human embryo preserved in liquid nitrogen, in an unnamed in vitro fertilization clinic...
Importantly, though this Note employs Henrietta Lacks as the illustrative, paradigmatic case for the...
Henrietta Lacks achieved fame and immortality in the world of science. In 1951, Johns Hopkins Hospit...
In 1951, a scientist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, created the first immortal hu...
As the body becomes the stuff of which products are made, the issue of its ownership becomes paramou...
Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951 at 31, but a cell line from her tissues is still ali...
After the Supreme Court\u27s decision in Ass\u27n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetic\u27s, pr...
One of the most famous examples of cell lines surviving long after a person has died comes from a tu...
In Moore v. Regents of the University of California, the Supreme Court of California held that the h...
Recent developments in fetal tissue research and stem cell research have led to dramatic breakthroug...
42-51Humans in the era of 21st century have witnessed development at its epitome, coupled with obvio...
Skloot tells the moving story of the woman who was the source of the fi rst immortal cell line (HeLa...
This article addresses a number of difficult and controversial issues surrounding the development of...
As research using human biological materials has rapidly developed, so too has the debate over the o...
Most opponents of somatic cell nuclear transfer and embryonic stem cell technologies base their argu...
Mary Doe is a human embryo preserved in liquid nitrogen, in an unnamed in vitro fertilization clinic...